miguelbar

It's no secret. Netezza has been using FPGAs since the beginning. Here is a link to a paper that describes the Netezza approach: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4725.pdf

The Baidu approach seems very similar.

Have you studied Touch Develop by Microsoft Research? They seem to have found a good way of enabling coding on touch devices. You can get more info at http://www.touchdevelop.com/